Badgers are having a rough time in England, writes Lesley Docksey. But it's no better in most other European countries, where they enjoy no specific protection and digging, baiting and shooting are widespread. Hence the new Eurobadger coalition formed to campaign for them Europe-wide. The one shining example is Holland - TB-free since 1999 without killing a single badger!
… The Eurobadger coalition - fighting for badgers Europe-wide Lesley Docksey | 10th June 2016 Activism Badgers UK England France Germany Netherlands …
As they argue for an extended and intensified badger cull, some farmers have been making extravagant and improbable claims about giant badgers frolicking with their cattle in the sunshine, write Jay Tiernan & Lesley Docksey. But despite holding office in the NFU, they display astonishing negligence by failing to adopt the most elementary bio-security measures advised by Defra to keep their cattle TB free.
… The NFU's dishonesty over badger culling Jay Tiernan Lesley Docksey | 22nd August 2015 Activism Badgers Farming Health UK cattle-cut.jpg As they argue for an extended and intensified badger cull, some farmers have been making …
Sneaked out shortly before MP's Christmas recess, the Government's decision to 'carry on culling' badgers with no evidence that the slaughter is reducing the incidence of bovine TB is a travesty of process, writes Lesley Docksey. But it does have one useful outcome - it has exposed Defra's claims that the cull is 'science-led' as arrant nonsense. Science never even got a look in.
… Truss's decision: badger culling will continue, with no evidence … Lesley Docksey | 5th January 2015 Activism Badgers Mammals Hunting Farming Health UK Natural World badger-road-cut.jpg Sneaked out shortly before …
Pending the publication of the long-delayed Independent Panel report on the badger cull, Lesley Docksey finds that the fight for England's badgers is part of an even bigger campaign for scientific and political integrity.
… The badger cull - something is rotten in the state … March 2014 Activism Natural World UK Politics Badgers badger.png Pending the publication of the …
Below-par farm biosecurity should block farmers from participating in England's badger culls, writes Anna Dale. But a large body of evidence of poor and negligent biosecurity by farmers suggests that Natural England, the government's official regulator, is turning a blind eye to this strict requirement - and undermining the purpose of the cull.
… Is Natural England granting unlawful badger cull licences to farmers with poor … Anna Dale | 29th March 2017 Activism Badgers Farming Regulation UK England Health Science badger-2-cut.jpg Below-par farm biosecurity …
If we are ever to bring bovine TB under control in Britain's cattle herd, we must begin with the main disease reservoir, writes Tom Langton: the cattle themselves. The insistence on culling badgers has little to do with disease control, and everything to do with the short term economics of the beef and dairy industries, unwilling to sacrifice an iota of production in the interests of a real solution.
… data, bad science, rotten politics: why the badger cull is wrong and stupid Tom Langton | 28th April 2016 Activism Badgers Science Hunting UK Politics Natural … cattle themselves. The insistence on culling badgers has little to do with disease control, …
Since December 2011, when it became clear that the government was intent on its badger cull, Defra and Natural England have been flooded with FOI requests about how the culls would be set up, conducted and monitored. The notable success of Anna Dale in cutting through official obfuscation has implications for everyone trying to protect the environment and wildlife.
… Badger cull: protestors' legal right to … Lesley Docksey | 1st April 2016 Activism Law Badgers UK FOI Protest Natural World badger-demo-cut.jpg Since December 2011, when …
The 25 TB-infected hounds of the Kimblewick hunt, all put down, remind us that the lot of hunting dogs is not a happy one, writes Lesley Docksey. Unloved and at constant risk of slaughter, they are prone to a host of diseases, from bovine TB to brucellosis, neospora and botulism, which they can pass on to farm stock, humans and other dogs. They deserve better!
… Docksey | 15th March 2017 Activism Hunting UK Badgers Natural World Animal Welfare … a spokesperson for the Wirral and Cheshire Badger Group sent me this: "I thought you … for The Ecologist and other media on the badger cull and other environmental topics; …
British officialdom and those they serve are obsessed with the killing of wildlife, writes Lesley Docksey. It seems that whatever the 'problem', from bovine TB to the serendipitous arrival of beavers in Devon, the reflex is the same - to kill wild animals. But increasingly, the British people aren't having it. And our fightback is making waves ....
… | 11th September 2014 Activism Hunting Badgers Natural World UK 14th Septmber 2014 … in its way. The start of the second year of badger culling coinciding with Medway Council … and left alone. Which brings me back to the badger cull and another spate of unnecessary …
Lacking an official body to investigate and prosecute illegal cruelty to wildlife a unique charity, the RSPCA, took on that role almost 200 years ago, writes Lesley Docksey. But now it has ruffled high-ranking feathers by pursuing cases of illegal fox-hunting, and has been forced to leave prosecutions of such cases to the Crown Prosecution Service. But will the CPS do its job?
… as had their 'political' opposition to the badger cull. This surprised the RSPCA's … 'traditions' of killing foxes, baiting badgers, snaring hares and the like. … for The Ecologist and other media on the badger cull and other environmental topics. …
A polite knock on the door of a Mr John Shaw of Hastings got Emily Johns a visit from the police. How so? He's the CEO of a secretive 'non-profit company' that's using tens of millions of pounds of public funds to build white elephant business parks and destroy valuable nature sites. And avoiding accountability looks like a major point of the exercise.
… rises at the head of the valley next to the badger setts had diesel poured into it on the …